diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-unit-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-unit-tests.yaml
index 5c1cfd635776..e81c68397b0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-unit-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-unit-tests.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: TTMetal_build_${{ matrix.runner-info.arch }}
+      - name: Extract files
+        run: tar -xvf ttm_${{ matrix.runner-info.arch }}.tar
       - name: Build python env
         run: |
           make python_env/dev PYTHON_ENV=$HOME/python_env -B